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least six weeping standards, but this number could be 

 added to or done without, according to the wish of the 

 planter, as certainly they are not everybody's fancy; 

 but if they are desired the best varieties for the pur- 

 pose are Alberic Barbier, Dorothy Perkins, Emily 

 Gray, Excelsa, Goldfinch, Hiawatha, Paul Transon, 

 and Rene Andre. 



For the beds our suggestion would be, that within 

 the semi-circular paths at each end, the four beds 

 should be devoted to one colour at each end. We 

 suggest at one end four beds of yellow Roses, and at 

 the other end four beds of red Roses ; the beds will 

 each take twenty-four plants, and we suggest for the 

 yellow section, Mrs. Wemyss Quin, Golden Emblem, 

 Christine, and the Duchess of Wellington or Margaret 

 D. Hamill. In the red section we suggest Chateau 

 de Clos Vougeot, W. C. Gaunt, Hug^h Dickson, and 

 General MacArthur; the two latter are stronger 

 growers than the other two. If all of a size are re- 

 quired in place of the two latter, we suggest Richmond 

 and Red Letter Day. 



The four triangular beds in the central section will 

 take about thirty or thirty-six plants ; here we suggest 

 that the colour scheme should be salmon pink, and 

 two trees we would suggest would be Henrietta and 

 two Los Angeles. 



This will leave the four central beds, each of 

 which should have a border of the Munstear Dwarf 

 Lavender, and inside each bed pink Roses. It will take 

 about twenty-four to thirty Roses to each bed, and we 

 suggest as the four varieties, Caroline Testout, Lady 

 Alice Stanley, La Tosca, and Mrs. Henry Morse, or 

 perhaps some would prefer Madame Segond-Weber or 

 Mrs. W. C. Miller. There is such a wide selection of 

 pink Roses that the planting scheme can be varied 

 almost to any shade of pink the planter most fancies. 



This completes a suggestion for our Rose garden 

 plan, except for the pillars at each corner, and here we 

 suggest two pink Roses and two red, in which case 

 nothing could be better than for pink Zephirine Drou- 

 hin, and for red Gruss an Teplitz. 



